Dictionary: BEF – BEGZ

► BEFALL n. a case, circumstance, incident, accident → 1491 obs.
vb. to fall → 897 obs.
► BEFALLING adj. appertaining, appropriate, fitting → 1542 obs.
n. happening, occurrence, event → 1374
► BEFAME vb. to make famous → 1574 obs.
► BE FAMILIAR WITH  vb. to be sexually intimate with; to copulate with → M15 euphemism
► BEFANG vb. to seize upon; to clutch → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEFANGLED adj. smartly dressed or decorated → 19C Eng. dial.
► BE FAST FOR vb. to be in want of → 1863 Eng. dial.
► BEFATED adj. fatally possessed, infatuated (by his destiny) → 1659 obs.
► BEFAWN  vb. to surround; to seize → 1852 obs. (Bk.)
► BEFF n. 1. a stroke, a blow, a buffet → 1768 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a stout, stupid person → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. a swelling, the result of a blow → 1925 Sc.
vb. to beat, to strike, to slap → 1788 Sc.
► BEFFAN ► BEFFIN n. a very stout, stupid person → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEFIGHT vb. 1. to deprive of by fighting → 1000 obs.
vb. 2. to fight against, to do battle with → 1474 obs.
► BEFILE vb. to make foul or dirty; to defile → 1000 obs.
► BEFIND vb. 1. to find, to discover → 1200 obs.
vb. 2. to invent, to contrive → 1297 obs.
► BE FIRST OARS WITH vb. to be a favourite with → 1774 colloq.
► BEFLAP vb. to clap → 1388 obs.
► BEFLAY vb. to flay, to strip → 1000 obs.
► BEFLEE vb. to flee from, to flee, to avoid, to shun → 1000 obs.
► BEFLEET vb. to flow round → 1300 obs.
► BE FLOGGED THROUGH TOPHET IN A FLOUR SACK vb. to be punished → 1960 Amer. dial.
► BEFLOW vb. to flow by, about, or around; to flow all over → 1000 obs.
► BEFLUM n. idle, nonsensical, or cajoling talk → 1825 chiefly Sc.
vb. to deceive by cajoling language, to flatter, to humbug → 1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BEFLY vb. to fly from, to shun, to avoid, to escape → 1175 obs.
► BEFLYING n. shunning, avoiding → 1340 obs.
► BEFOG vb. to obscure, to confuse → 1603
► BEFOK adj. crazy, angry, lacking emotional control; ‘fucked up’ → 1979 S. Afr. sl.
► BEFOLD vb. to fold up, to enfold, to wrap up, to envelop → 1000
► BEFONG vb. 1. to encompass, to enclose, to comprehend → 971 obs.
vb. 2. to lay hold on, to seize, to grasp, to catch → 1000 obs.
vb. 3. to take hold on; to begin or commence upon → 1200 obs.
► BEFOOZELED adj. confused → M19 sl.
► BEFORCE vb. to force, to ravish → 1375 obs.
► BEFORE adv. 1. before the face of men; openly → 1000 obs.
adv. 2. in a position of pre-eminence or superiority to → 1377 obs.
adv. 3. of a watch or clock: fast → 1798 Sc.
► BEFORE ABE n. a slave → 1945 jive usage (Bk.)
► BEFORE-BAR vb. to preclude, to foreclose → 1449 obs.
► BEFORE-CASTING n. forecasting, pre-calculation → 1388 obs.
► BEFORE-COME vb. to prevent → 1382 obs.
► BEFORE-DARK n. dusk, twilight → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BEFORE-DAY n. the time just prior to sunrise → 1896 Amer. dial.
► BEFORE-DAYS adv. in the past → 1982 Barbados sl.
► BEFORE GOD GETS THE NEWS phr. very quickly → 1995 African-American sl.
► BEFORE-GOER n. a predecessor → 1388 obs.
► BEFORE-GRAITHE vb. to prepare, to make ready beforehand → 1382 obs.
► BEFORE-HAD adj. held previously → 1382 obs.
► BEFOREHAND adj. ready, prepared → 1704 obs.
adv. before this or that, previously → 1300 obs.
► BEFORENESS n. priority, anteriority, pre-existence → 1625 
► BEFORE ONE CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON phr. instantly, in the shortest possible time → 1785 sl. 
► BEFORE-PASSING adj. excelling → 1382 obs. 
► BEFORE-RIPE adj. premature → 1388 obs. 
► BEFORESAID adj. mentioned or treated of before or already; aforesaid → 1225 arch. 
► BEFORE-SAY vb. to predict, to foretell → 1382 obs. 
► BEFORE-SAYER n. a prophet → 1382 obs. 
► BEFORE-SPEAKER n. a prophet → 1400 obs. 
► BEFORE-TAKE vb. to anticipate → 1382 obs. 
► BEFORE THE MAST n. an ordinary seaman on a sailing-ship → 1958 Eng. nautical sl. (Bk.)
► BEFORE THE WIND adj. out of debt → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► BEFORETIMES adv. 1. formerly, previously → 1555 obs. 
adv. 2. early → 1960 Amer. dial. 
► BEFORE-WITTING n. foreknowledge → 1400 obs. 
► BEFORE YOU CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON adv. immediately; shortly → 1785 sl. 
► BEFORE YOU CAN SAY J.R. adv. immediately; shortly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BEFORE YOU CAN SAY KNIFE adv. immediately; shortly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BEFORE YOU CAN SAY SCAT adv. immediately; shortly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BEFORE YOU COULD SAY JACKRABBIT adv. very quickly → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► BEFORE YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE adv. immediately; shortly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BEFORMERLY adv. formerly; before → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BEFORN adv. before → 1825 Eng. dial. 
► BE FOR THE HIGH JUMP vb. to be liable to receive a reprimand or punishment → 20C Brit. colloq. 
► BEFORTUNE vb. to befall, to happen, to chance → 1591
► BEFOULER n. one who makes foul or covers with filth; one who pollutes or defiles → 1842 
► BEFRIENDER n. one who acts as a friend to or helps → 1856 
► BEFRONT adv. in front → 1889 Eng. dial. 
► BEFROUNCE vb. to toss about; to tousle → 1581 obs. 
► BEFRUMPLE vb. to crease into frumples or clumsy folds → 1611 obs. 
► BEFT vb. 1. to beat, to buffet, to slap → 1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
vb. 2. to strike, to give blows → 1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
► BEFTING n. a beating → 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
► BEFUGGERED adj. drunk → 2002 UK sl. 
► BE FULL OF JACK vb. to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion → 1872 Amer. dial.
► BE FULL OF PRUNES vb. to be wrong, to be mistaken → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BEFYLE vb. to soil, to defile → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
​► BEG  n. 1. a bey, a Turkish governor; now only used as a part of Eastern names → 1686 obs.
n. 2. in a telephone solicitation: the actual plea to purchase that which is being sold → 1959 US sl.
► BEGAB vb. to fool with words, to mock, to deceive, to delude; to impose upon → 1297 obs.
► BEGABBED adj. talked over; reported from one to another → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEGAD! int. an exclamation, used to give weight to a statement → 1742
► BEGAGED adj. bewitched, hag-ridden → 1746 Eng. dial.
► BEGAIR vb. to diversify or variegate, as with stripes or streaks → 1552 Sc. obs.
► BEGAIRIE n. ornamental facings of different colour or fabric worn on dress; usually used in plural → 1575 Sc. obs.
► BEGALL vb. to embitter → 1598 obs.
► BEGALLOW vb. to frighten or terrify → 1320 obs.
► BEGAR! int. an exclamation, used to give weight to a statement → 1759
► BEGARIE vb. to bespatter; to variegate with colours → 1681 Sc.
► BEGARRA! int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1839 Anglo-Irish
► BEGARRY n. one who is engaged in forced labour → 1890 Anglo-Indian
► BEGARY n. ornamental facings of different colour or fabric worn on dress; usually used in plural → 1575 Sc. obs.
vb. to variegate with colours, whether by way of adornment or of disfigurement → 1501 Sc. obs.
► BE GASPHYXIATED vb. to be asphyxiated by gas → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BE GATHERED TO ONE’S FATHERS vb. to be dead and buried → 1382
► BEG BEG n. the chief officer of a province in Turkey → 1687
► BEGECK n. a cheating disappointment; a trick → 1600 obs. exc. Sc.
vb. to befool; to disappoint; to gull; to deceive; to jilt → 1513 obs. exc. Sc.
► BEGEEK n. a cheating disappointment → 1600 obs. exc. Sc.
► BE GEESE vb. to leave, to hurry away, to disappear → 2007 US sl. (Bk.)
► BEGENELD ► BEGENILD n. a beggar → 1393 obs.
► BEGERK n. male masturbation → 1985 Aust. sl.
► BEGET n. 1. the act of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; gain, profit, advantage → 1175 obs.
n. 2. the thing acquired; acquisition, gain, proceeds; spoils of war → 1200 obs.
vb. 1. to get, to acquire, usually by effort → 1000 obs.
vb. 2. to forget → 1746 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to happen, to befall → 1882 Eng. dial.
► BEGETEL adj. advantageous, profitable → 1250 obs.
► BEGETTAL n. a begetting → 1873
► BEGETTER  n. one who begets; the father → 1440
► BEGGAR n. 1. one who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing → 1250
n. 2. one in indigent circumstances; a poor person → 1340
n. 3. a mendicant friar → 1384
n. 4. a term of contempt or abuse; a mean or low, vulgar fellow; a contemptible person → 1400
n. 5. one who begs the question → 1579 obs.
n. 6. one who begs a favour; one who entreats → 1589 obs.
n. 7. a small or mischievous child or person, as ‘little beggar’ → 1833
n. 8. a person of the stated sort, as a ‘little beggar’ → 1833 Brit. sl., often mildly derogatory
n. 9. a person who is remarkably adept at or keen on a particular pursuit, subject, etc.; an expert, a specialist, an authority → 1859
n. 10. a term of reproach or mock anger; also a term of address to a familiar → 1883 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 11. in cards: applied to the small cards 2 to 10 → 1888 (Bk.)
n. 12. an unpleasant, very dangerous or difficult thing, project, episode, or circumstance; a nuisance → 1937 UK sl.
n. 13. the dole → 1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘Labour’ (Exchange) (Beggar My Neighbour)
n. 14. a toady; one who tries too hard to gain someone’s favour → 1968 Amer. dial.
n. 15. the last piece of food let on a plate → 1969 Amer. dial.
n. 16. one who is over-keen or zealous → 1988 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
n. 17. a worthless person → 1998 (Bk.)
vb. to impoverish; generally used of land → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEGGAR-BANGER n. an officer whose duty it was to expel beggars from the town → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEGGAR-BARM n. anything worthless → 1874 Eng. dial.
► BEGGAR BODIES  n. beggars → 1876 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGGAR-BOLTS n. darts; missiles of stone → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGGAR BOY’S ARSE ► BEGGAR BOY’S ASS n. money → 1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘brass’
► BEGGAR-BRACH n. a female beggar → 1652 obs.
► BEGGAR-BRAT n. a child who begs → 1597
► BEGGARDOM n. the beggar’s profession; the mendicant fraternity → 1882
► BEGGARED adj. impoverished; reduced to destitution → 1599
► BEGGARER n. one who beggars or impoverishes → 1630
► BEGGARESS n. a female beggar → 1863
► BEGGAR-FACE n. a term of mock anger applied to children → 1891 Eng. dial.
► BEGGAR FOR PUNISHMENT n. a person who continuously exerts himself to his limits → 1988 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BEGGARING adj. worrying, tiresome → 1873 Eng. dial.
► BEGGARISH adj. beggarly → 1530 obs.
► BEGGARISM n. professional beggary; extreme poverty → 1636
► BEGGAR-KING n. a king of beggars → 1938
► BEGGAR-LEG ► BEGGAR-LUG n. a term of mock anger applied to children → 1891 Eng. dial.
► BEGGARLY adj. stingy → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BEGGAR-MAKER n. a publican → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOUR n. the dole → 1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘Labour’ (Exchange)
► BEGGAR-NIGGLER n. one who toys with a beggar-woman → 1652 obs.
► BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK  n. an upstart; a person suddenly raised in social status and rendered giddy by his promotion → 1922 (Bk.)
► BEGGAR-PLAITS n. creases in a garment → 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BEGGAR’S BALM ► BEGGAR’S BARM n. foam or froth collected on water → 1870 Eng. dial.
► BEGGARS’ BOLTS n. stones → 1584 obs.
► BEGGAR’S BROWN n. light brown snuff which is made of the stem of tobacco → 1879 Sc. colloq.
► BEGGAR’S BUSH n. beggary, ruin → 1591 obs.
► BEGGAR’S BUTTON n. a buttercup → 1959 Amer. dial.
► BEGGAR’S LAGGING n. a prison sentence of 90 days → 1950 UK sl.
► BEGGAR’S NIGHT n. 1. Thanksgiving eve or day when children dress up in old clothes and, armed with large paper bags, they tour the neighbourhoods, begging for candy, cookies, and other delicacies → 1938 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the night when children dress up as beggars and go door to door asking for candy and other sweets; Halloween eve → 1949 Amer. dial.
► BEGGAR’S-PLAITS n. wrinkles or creases in garments as if slept in → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGGAR’S PLUSH n. ? cotton velvet or corduroy → 1688 obs.
► BEGGAR’S STAFF n. a state of bankruptcy or beggary → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEGGAR’S VELVET n. dust found under beds and other furniture → 1847
► BEGGAR-TRASH n. someone thought to be low-class, worthless, or insignificant → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BEGGARTY n. the state or condition of a beggar; extreme poverty → 1505 Sc. obs.
► BEGGAR-WENCH n. a beggar-girl → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEGGARY adj. beggarly, poor; mean, contemptible → 1542 obs.
► BEGGEL n. small beer, treacle beer → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEGGERED adj. tired → 1984 NZ euphemism for ‘buggered up’
► BEGGESTERE  n. a beggar → 1888 obs. (Bk.)
► BEGGIE n. a rutabaga or Swedish turnip → 1936 Amer. dial.
► BEGGILD n. ? a female beggar → 1225 obs.
► BEGGING n. a very small quantity → 1881 Eng. dial.
► BEGGINGNESS n. the condition of a beggar, poverty, beggary → 1382 obs.
► BEGGING PONCE  n. a man who organizes teams of beggars and takes a percentage of their earnings, but who does not beg himself → 2002 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BEGGOON n. a begum; a queen, princess, or lady of high rank → 1634 Anglo-Indian
► BEGIBBED adj. given, allotted → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BE-GIFT vb. to entrust → 1400 obs.
► BE GIFTED vb. to receive something as a gift with little or no effort → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BEGIGGED adj. infatuated, crazy; possessed → 1888 Amer.
► BEGIGGIDY adj. excited, ‘giddy’ → 2000 US sl. 
► BEGIN n. beginning → 1596 obs.
vb. 1. to entrap, to ensnare → 1250 obs.
vb. 2. to interfere, to molest → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 3. to scold → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to say grace before a meal → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGINK n. 1. a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception → 1725 Sc.
n. 2. a disappointment, misfortune → 1725 Sc.
n. 3. the act of jilting → 1790 Sc.
vb. 1.  to delude, to play a deceiving trick on; to take in, to cheat → 1821 Sc.
vb. 2. to jilt → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGINNER n. 1. one who begins; an originator, a founder → 1400
n. 2. one beginning to learn; a novice, a tyro → 1470
n. 3. an undertaking → 1481 obs.
n. 4. he who or that which goes or comes first, or takes the lead → 1613 obs.
n. 5. a founder → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEGINNING n. an undertaking → 1481 obs.
► BEGINNINGLY adv. initially, at the beginning → 1340 obs.
► BEGIN THE BOARD vb. to sit at the head of the table → 1386 obs.
► BEGIN THE DAIS vb. to take the chief seat, or preside at a feast → 1297 obs.
► BEGIN THE DANCE vb. to take the lead in any course of action → 1579
► BEGIN TO COMMENCE vb. to begin, to commence → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BEGIN UPON A PERSON vb. to attack or assail a person → 1825
► BEGIRDGE  vb. to begrudge → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEGIRT vb. to surround, to encompass, to enclose → 1608
► BEGIRTH vb. to surround, to encompass, to enclose → 1608
► BE GIVEN THE RATIONS vb. to get a service or other medal not awarded for gallantry → 1925 Brit. sl., derogatory
► BEGLAMMER vb. to bewitch; to deceive, to hoodwink → 1822 Sc.
► BEGLAMMERT adj. bewitched → 1866 Sc.
► BEGLAUM vb. to bewitch → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGLERBEG n. the chief governor of a province among the Turks; he is also called a bashaw of three tails, from having three ensigns, trimmed with horse—tails, as the mark of his dignity → 1586
► BEGLEW vb. to make game of, to befool → 1430 obs.
► BEGLIDE vb. to slip away from, to escape → 1300 obs.
► BEGLOSE vb. to deceive  → 1393 obs.
► BEGLUE vb. to make game of, to befool → 1430 obs.
► BEGLUED  adj.  overcome → 1430 obs.
► BEGNET n. a bayonet → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGO int. used as an expletive or oath → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to go about hostilely, to best, to overrun → 855 obs.
vb. 2. to go about; to inhabit; to work, to cultivate → 890 obs.
vb. 3. to go round; to compass, to encompass → 1000 obs.
vb. 4. to dress; to clothe, to attire, to deck, to adorn → 1225 obs.
vb. 5. to get round with craft, to talk over → 1362 obs.
vb. 6. to surround, to environ → 1393 obs.
► BEGOB! int. a disguised oath → 1892 Ireland
► BEGOCK! int. a disguised oath → 1806 Eng. dial.
► BEGOKE  n.  a trick → 1850 (Bk.)
► BEGONE adv. 1. worn out, decayed → 1790 Eng. dial.
adv. 2. taken aback, disagreeably surprised; dismayed → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEGONIA n. a Black homosexual → 1972 African-American homosexual sl.. derogatory (Bk.)
► BEGONIA BROOM  n. a Black domestic worker → 1972 African-American homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► BEGONIAS n. female breasts → 1993 US sl. (Bk.)
► BEGONK n. a trick, a disappointment, misfortune → 1725 Eng. dial.
► BEGONNIES! int. an exclamation → 1869 Ireland
► BE GOOD TO YOURSELF phr. used with humour as a farewell → 1950 US sl.
► BEGOR! int. a quasi-oath → 1825 Eng. dial.
► BEGORAH! ► BEGORRA! ► BEGORRAH! int. by God!; an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1839 Anglo-Irish
► BEGORRY! int. an exclamation of surprise → 1911 Amer. dial.
► BEGORSEY! int. a quasi-oath → 1825 Eng. dial.
► BEGOSH! int. by God! → M18 euphemism
► BEGOTTY adj. bumptious, overbearing, self-willed → 1873 Eng. dial.
► BEGOUGE vb. to stab, to pierce → 1953 Amer. dial.
► BEGOUGH! int. an exclamation or oath → 1894 Eng. dial.
► BEGOUK vb. to trick, to befool; to jilt → 1862 Sc.
► BEGOWK n. a trick; the act of jilting → 1814 Sc.
vb. to trick, to befool; to jilt → 1862 Sc.
► BEGOWKER n. a deceiver → 1862 Sc.
► BEGOX! int. a disguised oath → 1806 Eng. dial.
► BEGOYT adj. foolish → 1787 Sc.
► BEG-PARDON  phr. an expression of apology → 1906 Aust. & NZ colloq.
► BEGRAT adj. tear-stained; disfigured with weeping → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGRATTEN adj. tear-stained; disfigured with weeping → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGRAVE vb. 1. to bury a corpse, treasure, etc. → 1000 obs.
vb. 2. to engrave; to ornament with graved work → 1325 obs.
► BEGREDE vb. 1. to cry out against; to upbraid, to reproach, to accuse → 1200 obs.
vb. 2. to cry about, to weep for → 1300 obs.
► BE GREEDY FOR GOSPEL vb. to be eager to go to church → 1858 Ireland
► BEGRIMLY vb. to begrime → 1485 obs.
► BEGRIPE vb. 1. to take to task, to reprehend → 1000 obs.
vb. 2. to catch hold of, to apprehend; to seize and hold fast → 1175 obs.
vb. 3. to take in, to contain, to hold, to comprehend → 1393 obs.
► BEGRITTEN adj. tear-stained, disfigured with weeping → 1776 Sc.
► BEGRUDGE n. suspicion → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. to regret; to ill-wish → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGRUDGER  n. a resentful and dissatisfied person; a habitual naysayer or complainer → 1876
► BEGRUMPLED adj. displeased; affronted → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BEGRUNTLE vb. to make uneasy → 1670 obs.
► BEGRUTTEN adj. tear-stained, disfigured with weeping → 1776 Sc.
► BEGSTER n. a beggar → 1386 obs.
► BEG-TAKE vb. to receive something without paying for it → 1942 Amer. dial.
► BEGUARD vb. to adorn or furnish with ‘guards’ or facings, generally of lace or embroidery → 1605 obs.
► BEGUGGLED adj. destroyed by mud, slime, etc. → 1898 Sc.
► BEGUILE n. a deception, a trick; disappointment → 1637 Sc.
vb. to cheat hopes, expectations, aims, or a person in them; to trick; to disappoint, to deprive of, to foil → 1483 obs. exc. Sc.
► BEGUILEFUL adj. guileful, deceiving, deceptive → 1530
► BEGUILER  n.  one who beguiles or deludes; a deceiver → 1382
► BEGUILOUS adj. guileful, deceiving, deceptive → 1483 obs.
► BEGUILTY vb. to render guilty → 1653 obs.
► BEGUIN n. an infatuation → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BEGULL vb. to gull, to impose upon → 1605 obs.
► BEGULLION n. a glamour deceiving the eyes → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGUM int. an exclamation of astonishment, a disguised oath → 1834 Eng. dial.
n.  a rich widow → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► BEGUMMER! int. an exclamation or disguised oath → 1834 Eng. dial.
► BEGUMMERS! int. an exclamation or disguised oath → 1834 Eng. dial.
► BEGUNK n. 1. a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune → 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. the act of jilting → 1790 Sc.
n. 3.  a fool → 1895 Sc.
vb. to delude, to play a deceiving trick on, to ‘take in’; to cheat, to deceive; to jilt → 1821 Sc.
► BEGUNKED adj. disappointed, cheated → 1898 Sc. & N. Ireland (Bk.)
► BEGY! int. an exclamation or disguised oath → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEG YOUR PARDON n. a garden → 1961 UK rhyming sl.